Strauss-Kahn was thrust into the media spotlight in 2011 after he was arrested on charges that he sexually abused a maid, Nafissatou Diallo, at a Manhattan hotel. A NYC judge dismissed the sexual assault charges; Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the IMF.

Editor's Desk: The so-called 'hollow life' of sex workers does not last beyond 10 years after which they end up as completely impoverished on city streets. The result of legalising prostitution is more security and rights for sex workers.

Authorities in China are lauding a sweeping crackdown on prostitution across the country in recent months. But the sex trade continues to thrive in this booming nation, while services and support for women working in the industry remain inadequate, exper

A big part of what is for sale is illegal sex with minors. The 2009 National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking issued by Shared Hope International put Las Vegas at the top of ten cities it surveyed for the Department of Justice.
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A 24-year-old man was arrested by the Versova police for confining a woman for nearly six years and pushing her into flesh trade. Jugal Singh, the accused, lured the 23-year-old victim to come to Mumbai with offers of roles in Bollywood films.

As with the 2006 World Cup in Germany, a rampant sex trade is of concern to human rights groups ahead of the World Cup 2010 in South Africa, which kicks off next month. Prostitutes, many from impoverished Zimbabwe, are arriving to cash in on an estimated

ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- They spent their nights jumping in and out of strange cars, trolling otherwise empty streets lined with decaying storefronts and boarded-up homes. Many sold sex to support drug habits or children left in the care of worried,